India

Editors Guild slams MP police for ‘assault’, ‘humiliation’ of 8 men stripped in police station

NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India Friday issued a ‘strong’ condemnation against the alleged detention and assault of eight people, including a local journalist, after they were arrested for allegedly protesting and sloganeering against state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP leaders. A photograph of the purported incident was widely circulated […]

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Azaan row: Bengaluru police issue notices, begin seizing mics from places of worship

BENGALURU — After several right-wing organizations launched campaigns against using loudspeakers at mosques, Bengaluru city police on Tuesday started seizing microphones from places of worship that allegedly defied court orders on noise pollution. On Tuesday, city police commissioner Kamal Pant said that several microphones were seized from religious places where court orders were violated and […]